Publications by staff meinbers 



The following list includes the principal publications of staff 

 meinbers of Great Lakes Fishery Investigations .V Omitted have been 

 papers resulting from work not associated with Great Lakes research, 

 reviews, and numerous processed memoranda and informational releases 

 of only temporary value, prepared for administrative use, or given 

 restricted distribution. The list does include a number of publica- 

 tions of a popular character prepared for the information of the 

 general public and the fishing industry? most of these popular ar- 

 ticles contained illustrative original materials drawn from the Great 

 Lakes files or were summaries of longer papers issued in scientific 

 publications not generally accessible. 



Neither does the list include typewritten final reports on com- 

 pleted studies that could not be published for lack of funds* Most 

 significant of these reports are Wright's study of the limnology of 

 western Lake Erie (592 manuscript pages), Deason's thesis on the 

 morphometry and life history of the pikeperches of Lake Erie (368 

 pages), and Van Oosten and Deason's siirvey of the fishery of the 

 Red Lakes (221; pages). 



Applegate, Vernon C. 



19^0, Natural history of the sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) 

 in Michigan, Fish and Wildlife Serv,, Spec, Sci. Rep.r 

 Fish. No, 55, 237 pp. 



Exhaustive study of life history from deposition and 

 hatching of eggs, through U-year larval existence, 1- to 1 1/2- 

 year parasitic stage in lake, upstream spawning migration, and 

 nest building. Contains voluminous ecological data on factors 

 of migration, spawning requirements, larval habitat,- ••. 



195l. The sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Sci, Monthly, 



Vol, 72, pp. 275-281. [Revision of Fish and Wildlife 

 Serv,, Fish, Leaflet No, 38i|, issued October 1950,] 



Semi-popular account of the invasion of the upper Great 

 Lakes by the sea lamprey and of the effects of that parasite on 

 stocks of commercially valuable fish. Reviews sea lamprey's 

 life history with special reference to technical problems of 

 control. 



It/ The listing contains 5 papers by Elmer Higgins, who though not ac- 

 tually a member of the Great Lakes staff, had administrative responsi- 

 bility for the Great Lakes program during his long tenure as Chief of 

 the Branch of Fishery Biology. 



